HARDBODYyadig
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Hes growing in an aeroponic setup so the thing he would need to worry about using soft water would be clogging of his spray heads and or pump from salt build up.
Tap Water, Mineral Water, Purified Water or Distilled Water???
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Hes growing in an aeroponic setup so the thing he would need to worry about using soft water would be clogging of his spray heads and or pump from salt build up.
igothydrotoneverywhere
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I disagree that RO Water is the best, distilled is the purest thing available. But you have to transport the distilled water so a badass RO filter is always your best bet.
corners
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Like many other water sources it would need to be tested, now a days many streams and rivers are filled with a lot of pollutents. If you see any redissh, or brown like sludge on the bottom of the stream , i wouldn't. Take a stick and stir the bottom a little. Put some in a clear cup and look at it. Id still say its not worth it unless you are far from cities out in the woods, or near mountain streams.
If it was an outdoor plot, go for it. For indoors, i wouldnt.
matt7835706
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I use my city water. I cant see any difference on to the next.
dudeman222
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This thread is from 2006 
dudeman222
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water has changed so much since 2006... all this info is outdated!!
(BUMP) Good question, going to buy water today and it seems like a Tesco's job and Distilled far trek to Tesco's how ever :'(
The state of the art would be to Combine multiple options for the completely detoxification of your tap water.
For example, for the purest possible water, like record cleaning fluid, procure a counter-top electric Distiller to evaporate+condense your tap water (up to three times- we will have the world's purest water with our triple distilled water haha laboratory reagent grade stored in amber non-leaching glass bottles ),
this triple distilled water, you must then polish the distillate through activated carbon post filters. Including a 6-Stage reverse osmosis (R.O.) system processing step and a ceramic ultrafilter/microfiltering step won't hurt. The marginal benefits of Deionization media with which I don't bother.
From what I hear... Lead, copper, mercury, contaminants like flurosilicates and chloramines etc are not the best water-bourne nutrients for plants.
Yes, I am being sarcastic about triple distillation, unless you are trying to water your tomatoes with seawater or Matt Damon frack-town tap water...
Personally I just purchased a Megahome distiller and its great for drinking and watering house plants,
which is delicious even warm, after beneficialkaline re-mineralization of course,
to prevent the distilled water from sucking up carbon dioxide into carbonic acid and becoming acidic.
For example, for the purest possible water, like record cleaning fluid, procure a counter-top electric Distiller to evaporate+condense your tap water (up to three times- we will have the world's purest water with our triple distilled water haha laboratory reagent grade stored in amber non-leaching glass bottles ),
this triple distilled water, you must then polish the distillate through activated carbon post filters. Including a 6-Stage reverse osmosis (R.O.) system processing step and a ceramic ultrafilter/microfiltering step won't hurt. The marginal benefits of Deionization media with which I don't bother.
From what I hear... Lead, copper, mercury, contaminants like flurosilicates and chloramines etc are not the best water-bourne nutrients for plants.
Yes, I am being sarcastic about triple distillation, unless you are trying to water your tomatoes with seawater or Matt Damon frack-town tap water...
Personally I just purchased a Megahome distiller and its great for drinking and watering house plants,
which is delicious even warm, after beneficialkaline re-mineralization of course,
to prevent the distilled water from sucking up carbon dioxide into carbonic acid and becoming acidic.
kushykushkush
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I'm fairly new to indoor growing and was getting dizzy at all the different suggestions, so I decided to test myself starting with my clones. I use an oxyclone system with 2 additional air pumps so I have crazy bubble action going on. All my clones are taken from the same mother. Here were my results:
1) Distilled Water - PH Level 6.5 - General Hydroponics rapid start added - Rooting time: 3 Weeks (Roots 4-6 inches long)
2) Spring Water - PH Level 6.5 - General Hydroponics rapid start added - Rooting Time: 1.5 Weeks (Roots 4-6 inches long)
3) Plain old tap water - PH Level 8 (Did not adjust levels) - GH Rapid start added - Rooting time: 1.5 Weeks (Roots 4-6 inches long)
got the quickest rooting results and greener fuller clones with spring water and tap water. The distilled water was slow and the clones did not seem to thrive at all. They stayed small.
The spring and tap water plants now in veg are quicker growing and really green!
Distilled in Veg are about half the size.
I decided since the tap water and spring water have had almost identical growth I will save my money and use tap water. I did not leave it out for 24 hours so I will see if that has any effect during flowering.
Solidasarock
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"minus a few chemicals that may slip past the purification process"
lol
lol
JonnyAppleSeed420
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I have been helping growers for over 20 years now and if its one thing I have learnt is only use a R/O system if you really need one. Most tap water that is meant to drink will be fine for your girls. Just like everything else , once that rumor starts...everyone jumps on the band wagon. If you live on a farm or use well water or there are advisories in your area then maybe think about it. Where I live there is no disenable difference from tap to pure...JAS
wascaptain
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so rain water is super?!! that's what ive been using for my soil and dwc. my rain water is 7ish ph and low ppms. but shit is alive in the water, you look in the drum and its full of life. should I filter first?...I go right from the drum to the watering or bucket.
Mithrandir420
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Tap water is fine. If it's OK for you to drink, it's OK for your plants. I don't even let it sit out. Fill the res, mix the nutes, ph the sucker.
RO wastes a tremendous amount of water and is only really needed if you have really bad water, or have high enough mineral content that it blocks sprayers, etc.
JAS above has the right of it.
RO wastes a tremendous amount of water and is only really needed if you have really bad water, or have high enough mineral content that it blocks sprayers, etc.
JAS above has the right of it.
midnitetoak
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I'm using tap water with my aero setup- no problems to report- I think the best water to use is from the source that is easiest for you. Mineral water is not for growing though. I bought distilled water and spring/purified water my first few grows but found it's a waste of $$$ if your tap water works fine.
I live in an Asian country and the water source here has been filtered before I use to fill the res.Always around 7.0-7.2 .The only thing I can't control is the PPM of solution,like wat I said,PPM up to 1000 from 600(200 is base of tap water) after a few drop of h2so4 98% to lower ph from 7.2 to 5.8 !
all that make sense ? Please figure me out this case and what should I do.So tired of thinking about soil growing,pain in the ass...! Btw that the rockwool I got here is "fire insulation",they need a step by step preparing to use,not easy as the other preparing guides on the internet.Well washing under pressured water to make it wet,use a salad spinner to get the water out without damage the cutted cubes,soaking in ph-ed water over nite then get the water out again and let seeds in.This is my first time growing hydroponic so many troubles through !!!!